#1 In 1995, a chicken fell into a well in Egypt. How many people died, and therefore won a Darwin Award, trying to rescue it?

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#2 Polish farmer, Krystof Azninski, won a 1996 Darwin award by doing what to prove how macho he was?

Swallowing a whole melonCutting his own head offLifting weights until his arms fell offLocking himself in a sealed roomSmashing bricks against his head

#3 A fisherman in Kiev thought of a cunning way to catch some fish. After trailing wires connected to his home's main electricity into the water, the fish floated belly up to the surface. Which Homer Simpson moment followed, winning him a Darwin Award?

He waded in to collect the fish without switching the electricity off.His van backed down an incline slowly and trapped him underwater.He ate the fish that were poisoned by the lake.The wires cut through a tree which fell on him.He ate a doughnut.

#4 Carol and Mark were found dead after trying to get a high off some laughing gas, and forgetting to mix in oxygen. What made this worthy of a Darwin Award?

Carol had died an hour before Mark. He refused to take the warning.They were paramedics.They lived next to a hospital.They choked on the pipe delivering the gas.

#5 In February 1998, Matthew (second name undisclosed) ensured himself a Darwin Award when he died by crashing into a ski lift tower while sledging down a piste. What was idiotic about this which earned him the Darwin Award?

The piste was not open yet.The lift tower was half a mile away from the end of the piste.His sledge was made out of the protective covering from the lift tower.It was an indoor ski slope and the lift tower was only a metre high.He was 1 of 20 people on the sledge at the time.

#6 Khay Rahnajet died after opening a letter bomb sent to his house. What made this worthy of a Darwin Award?

It had "This is a letter bomb" written on it.He had suspected a letter bomb, but had disposed of the wrong letter.He was a bomb disposal specialist.He had sent the letter bomb.

#7 A shoplifter tried to steal some lobsters from a supermarket. What turned this into a Darwin Award?

A. They were alive.B. He hid them down his pants.C. He ran out of the supermarket into a road of speeding traffic.Answers A and BNone of the above

#8 An Australian kung-fu instructor told his students that, after completing their course, they "could kill a wild beast with their bare hands." What Darwin Award winning event followed?

He killed himself with a kung-fu chop.He broke his neck doing a backflip.A student decided to take the challenge.A student accidentally killed him in a fight.

#9 A police officer in Illinois was killed after demonstrating to his colleague how another colleague had accidentally killed himself. What killed him?

The gun was still loaded and he shot himself.He was doing this on the edge of a cliff. He lost balance.His colleague didn't want to know, and turned violent.All of the aboveNone of the above